The Secret of Long LifeH.S. King, 1871 - 145 էջ |
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... late Earl of Derby , though no poet , caught so much of the spirit of the Iliad . Well , will anyone tell me that Achilles and Odysseus , Agamemnon and Menelaus , were men without ideas ? Their life was simple enough when no fighting ...
... late Earl of Derby , though no poet , caught so much of the spirit of the Iliad . Well , will anyone tell me that Achilles and Odysseus , Agamemnon and Menelaus , were men without ideas ? Their life was simple enough when no fighting ...
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... late , and everybody , from First Minister to shoe- black , has taken to do his work with such an impetuosity of integrity , that my theory of the value of laziness may at first be un- popular . This , however , is the fate of all great ...
... late , and everybody , from First Minister to shoe- black , has taken to do his work with such an impetuosity of integrity , that my theory of the value of laziness may at first be un- popular . This , however , is the fate of all great ...
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... Late special Political Commissioner , Southern Mahratta Country , & c . & c . In 1 vol . crown 8vo . 78. 6d . III THE EUROPEAN IN INDIA , A Hand - book of practical information for those proceeding to , or residing in , the East Indies ...
... Late special Political Commissioner , Southern Mahratta Country , & c . & c . In 1 vol . crown 8vo . 78. 6d . III THE EUROPEAN IN INDIA , A Hand - book of practical information for those proceeding to , or residing in , the East Indies ...
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... late NASSAU WILLIAM SENIOR . Edited by his daughter , M. C. M. SIMPSON . In 2 vols . post 8vo . 24s . ' The year which follows the fall of the French Empire and the final consolidation of the Italian kingdom is a most appropriate time ...
... late NASSAU WILLIAM SENIOR . Edited by his daughter , M. C. M. SIMPSON . In 2 vols . post 8vo . 24s . ' The year which follows the fall of the French Empire and the final consolidation of the Italian kingdom is a most appropriate time ...
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... Late special Political Commissioner , Southern Mahratta Country , & c . & c . In 1 vol . crown 8vo . 78. 6d . III THE EUROPEAN IN INDIA , A Hand - book of practical information for those proceeding to , or residing in , the East Indies ...
... Late special Political Commissioner , Southern Mahratta Country , & c . & c . In 1 vol . crown 8vo . 78. 6d . III THE EUROPEAN IN INDIA , A Hand - book of practical information for those proceeding to , or residing in , the East Indies ...
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Էջ 32 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Էջ 94 - And lose to-morrow the ground won to-day — Ah ! do not we, wanderer ! await it too ? Yes, we await it! — but it still delays, And then we suffer! and amongst us one, Who most has suffer'd, takes dejectedly His seat upon the intellectual throne; And all his store of sad experience he Lays bare of wretched days...